Oh yes here is me putting on my new pinny. Please remind me chin down pose does not a flattering shot make!!! Just focus on the lovely pinny ;-)
Here is my friend Deb who is a much better pinny model than me.
We took these before Tim put us to work. And let me tell you he is a hard task master. We were inking at a rate of knots - Distress Stain and manilla tags flying all over the place. I have to say I was and always have been a slow swisher of inks but I proved to be a super fast inky edger!!! Then we played with the fab layering stencils I mentioned earlier to create fun textures on our tags.
Here are my tags as I start to embellish. We had so many lovely embellishments to play with. Tim kept his eye on everyone and explained all the products and techniques we used as he guided us all to our finished project.
Here is Deb hard at work. We had a fab table of ladies to craft and chat with and it seems we came from all over to join in the Tim Holtz fun. Most of us were from the Midlands but we also had a lady who flew in from Ireland and Emma who traveled up from London Town. We had a lovely time chatting and crafting, crafting and chatting!
When it was time to pack away Tim went into Santa mode and we all received some wonderful and unexpected pressies. I will show you those later ....what a tease I know!!!
Here is just a small portion of the mess I made!!! Notice I didn't distress Tim one bit ;-) Then it was time to pack away and pick up our shopping......oh and of course it was time to get a photo with our instructor and enabler for the day....... but I am going to save that for the final instalment as I have one more coat of paint to get on and then I can relax a bit knowing I can put all the paint paraphernalia away.......
See you shortly X
Ooh, come back Helen I want more!! Lol
ReplyDeleteDid you get to take all those goodies home with you as well as the apron?! The tags look fab but don't forget to show us updates of the room too :0)
cor! don't want much do I?! haha, sorry ;)
Part 3 is posted!!! Sorry about the delay Mo x
DeleteYour tags came out fab, Helen! Really looks like a joyful time was had by all. Look forward to the next installment. You are a hoot!
ReplyDeleteThanks Winnie - Part 3 is posted! I am glad the humour comes over as it was a giggle - all us Tim fan gathered together like some kind of rock concert ;-) x
DeleteOh what a fun post and I am so, so envious. Great tags you have created and some really cool new toys to play with too. I so love the pinny.
ReplyDeleteHugs Eliza
I hope Tim comes to visit your part of the world so you can share the fun. It is still making me giggle how giddy we all were x
DeleteIt really was great day wasn't it? I was on the morning session and it went far too quickly! It was so good to meet up with fellow bloggers. Love your pics! Chris
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Chris it really made our day to meet so many lovely crafters. We rock! x
DeleteHi Helen. Fabulous pictures. I'm still reeling from all the excitement. So nice to spend some time with you and Debs. Hugs Rita xxx
ReplyDeleteLove all your tags you are so lucky to have played away with all those goodies and got what wonderful inspiration and knowledge gained.
ReplyDeleteSandy :)